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In-person lunchtime lectures are cancelled until further notice.
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Upcoming Events - Cancelled Until Further Notice
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Lunchtime Lectures - Cancelled Until Further Notice
Previous Lectures Archive
The lecture notes from previous events are posted in power point or video when available. Lunch time lecture topics include different aspects of Austin’s ecology.
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March |
Ecological Imperialism and the Geography of Nature |
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February 2020 |
Natural History and the Taxonomy of Nature |
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January 2020 |
Natural Philosophy and the Study of Nature |
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December 2019 |
The Urban Stream: Life on Waller Creek |
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November 2019 |
Another Colorado: Austin and the River |
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October 2019 |
Waters the Land: Rivers and Water in Texas |
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September 2019 |
Rivers of Empire: American Environmental History and Waterways |
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August 2019 |
Strong Brown God: The Poetry of Flowing Water |
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June 2019 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, Waterways |
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May 2019 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning and Flowing Water |
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April 2019 |
Bottom Land: Life in the Floodplain |
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March 2019 |
Riparian: Life at the Edge |
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February 2019 |
Fluvial Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water |
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January 2019 |
The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture |
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December 2018 |
The End of Nature Prospective Ecology Environmental Ethics and the Anthropocene |
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November 2018 |
The Ecological City: Sustainable, Ecology and Urban Metabolism |
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October 2018 |
Farming with Nature: Sustainable Agriculture and the American Family Farm |
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September 2018 |
Saving American Nature: Preservation, Conservation, and the Wild |
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August 2018 |
American Environmental Science: Carson and the Politics of Nature |
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July 2018 |
American Ecology: Stability, Integrity, and Leopold's Legacy |
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June 2018 |
American Biology: Natives, Immigrants, and Humboldt's Children |
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May 2018 |
American Natural History: Thoreau and New World Nature |
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April 2018 |
Resilient Nature: Discordant Harmony and New Ecology |
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March 2018 |
Urban Nature: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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February 2018 |
Pastoral Nature: Agrerianism and Rural America |
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January 2018 |
Wild Nature: The New World and Wilderness |
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December 2017 |
Encounter with Urban Nature: Ecology, the City and the Arts |
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November 2017 |
Design with Nature: |
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October 2017 |
Nature Out of Place: |
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September 2017 |
The Aerial City: Urban Birds, Bats, and Denizens of the Sky |
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August 2017 |
The Subterranean City: Soil and The Urban Microcosmos |
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July 2017 |
The Terrestrial City: Green Space and The Urban Forest |
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June 2017 |
The Aquatic City: The Ecology of Urban Waterways |
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May 2017 |
Nature in the City: Urban Habitats and the Degradation Myth |
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April 2017 |
Understanding Urban Nature: Ecology, Culture, and the American City |
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March 2017 |
Urban Pastoral: Farms, Gardens, and Parkland in the City |
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February 2017 |
Urban Wild: Wilderness, Wildness, and the American City |
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January 2017 |
Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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December 2016 |
The End of Nature: Permanence, Change, and the Anthropocene |
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November 2016 |
The Earth Managers: Balance, Resilience, and Environmental Science |
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October 2016 |
The Great Disruptors: Environmentalism and the Idea of American Nature |
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September 2016 |
The Economy of Nature: Ecology, Earth Science, and Biotic Navigation |
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August 2016 |
The Evolution of Nature: Von Humboldt, Darwin, and the Systematic Universe |
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July 2016 |
The Romance of Nature: Science, Imagination, and the Poets of Nature |
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June 2016 |
The Invention of Modern Nature: The Earth as a “Natural Whole” |
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May 2016 |
The Scientist of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt and the Physical Description of the Earth |
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April 2016 |
The Nature Collectors: New Lands, New Nature, and Ecological Imperialism |
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March 2016 |
The Study of Nature: Natural History and the Creation of Nature |
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February 2016 |
Second Nature: Pastoral Landscapes and the Cultivation of Nature |
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January 2016 |
First Nature: The Pristine Myth and Wilderness |
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December 2015 |
Goodbye to the River: A Summary |
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November 2015 |
Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin |
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October 2015 |
Waters the Land: Texas Rivers |
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September 2015 |
Rivers of Empire: American Rivers |
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August 2015 |
Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats and the River Tisza |
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July 2015 |
Riparia: Life at the River’s Edge |
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June 2015 |
River Life: The Ecology of Flowing Water |
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May 2015 |
River Process: the Fluvial System and Hydrology |
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April 2015 |
The Geography of Rivers: The Nature and Culture of Flowing Water |
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March 2015 |
Riversong: American Rivers and Music |
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Febuary 2015 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers |
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January 2015 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Flowing Water |
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November 2014 |
Design with Nature: Ecological Cities and the Myth of Sustainability |
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October 2014 |
Farming With Nature: The Unsettling of America |
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September 2014 |
Saving American Nature: Preservation vs. Conservation |
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August 2014 |
American Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Human Nature |
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July 2014 |
Ecology, Ecosystem Services, and the Balance of Nature |
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June 2014 |
Biology, Ecological Change, and Native Species |
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May 2014 |
American Natural History and the Theory of Degenerate Nature |
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April 2014 |
Resilient Nature Wasteland |
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March 2014 |
Urban Nature: The American City and Degraded Nature |
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February 2014 |
Pastoral Nature |
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January 2014 |
Wilderness: The Myth of Prisine Nature |
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December 2013 |
Goodbye to the River: A Summary |
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November 2013 |
Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin |
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October 2013 |
Waters the Land: Texas Rivers |
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September 2013 |
Rivers of Empire: American Rivers |
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August 14, 2013 |
Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats |
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July 10, 2013 |
Riparia: Life at the River's Edge |
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June 12, 2013 |
River Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water |
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May 8, 2013 |
River Process: the Fluvial System and River Hydrology |
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April 10, 2013 |
Strong Brown God: the Poetry of Rivers |
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March 13, 2013 |
Riversong: American Rivers and Music |
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February 13, 2013 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers |
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January 9, 2013 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Rivers |
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December 4, 2012 |
Natural and Unnatural History: the Path Forward |
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November 6 , 2012 |
The Natural History of an Urban Wasteland: Hornsby Bend |
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October 2, 2012 |
The Natural History of an Urban Vacant Lot: Tannehill Urban Wild Woodland |
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September 4, 2012 |
Natural History of an Urban Creek: Waller Creek |
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August 7, 2012 |
Urban Natural History: Life in the City |
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July 3, 2012 |
The Natural History of Austin: Biological Context and Urbanization |
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June 5, 2012 |
The Natural History of Texas: Biological Survey and Ecological Change |
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May 1, 2012 |
The History of Americas: Discovery and Transformation |
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April 3, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: Contemporary Natural History |
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March 7, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: 19th and 20th Century Science and Literature |
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February 1, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: Origins and 19th Century Development |
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December 7, 2011 |
Encounters with Nature in the City: Urban Nature and Literature |
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November 2, 2011 |
The Proper Place of Nature: Urban Planning and Urban Ecology |
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October 5, 2011 |
The Weeds and the Wild: Invasive Species and Urban Ecology |
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September 7, 2011 |
Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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August 3, 2011 |
Austin Waterways: “Life On Waller Creek” with Professor Joseph Jones |
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July 6, 2011 |
Texas Rivers: On the Colorado with Roy Bedichek “Karankaway Country” |
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June 1, 2011 |
Texas Rivers: On the Brazos with John Graves “Goodbye to a River” |
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May 4, 2011 |
The Myth of the River: American Rivers and American Literature |
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April 6, 2011 |
The Nature of the River: The Flora and Fauna of the Colorado River Corridor |
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March 2, 2011 |
Discovering the Colorado: The Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership 2003-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 |
Changes in the Land: The Cultural Landscape of the Colorado River Corridor |
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January 5, 2011 |
The Forgotten Habitat: the Biogeography of the Colorado River Bottomlands |